"You guys think you're so smart? Well now WE are going to bomb Pearl Harbor!" - FDR, December 8, 1941.

jd vance negotiating with Iran

After all that fuss you Protestants kicked up about needing the intercession of the BV and the saints ...

It is good to get the occasional reminder that not all of civilization is headed by the worst of the worst

My ol' Dad, who voted GOP 1964 - 2000, yesterday marched in a No Kings protest.

There is no substitute.

I think I'm the only Captain Willard fan on line.

So much winning.

Don't overthink this: Trump only cares about Trump. A complete bloodbath in the midterms is likely on the horizon. That's his only priority. He will declare victory, a "great deal" that returns to the status quo. Then he'll be back to Greenland or Venezuela or some other batshittery.

The Dumbest Timelime has achieved sentience.

American political history of the first three decades of the 21st century may defy parody.

This is pretty much the best possible outcome. Tell a bunch of lies about destroying their missiles and nuclear program, declare victory, and call it off.

I don't normally subscribe to the "German has a word for it" thing because all languages can invent and borrow new words! That said, I can't stop thinking about "hobbyless" as an insult since I saw it a few days ago, so here you go It promotes a growth mindset!! www.tumblr.com/abbiistabbii...

Everything American is not, as it turns out, broken.

I got two credits and a B in law school for studying International law, when all I really needed was this.

Just the necessities, baby.

We call this the "Captain Riker."

Are we still upset about the "major questions doctrine?"

gmail's AI recommended that I respond to my spouse by saying that getting the car washed was "a nice little win." SkyNet is just going to go after us one at a time, right?

Among its many other problems, our current era is humorless.

Listening to an audiobook about the dropping of the atomic bomb. The narrator's pronunciation of "nucular" is not a credibility enhancer.

First? Probably CompuServe comic book groups, where young Doug spent his time and $ badgering Chris Claremont. But the most significant was USENET.

Crucan Cadillac. Also recommended.

Frederickstad, USVI. Not bad.

Own your stuff.

On the Venezuela thing. Americans, historically, greatly prefer to have a plausible altruistic (or self-defense) cover story for our military actions. Saying the "fork over the oil" normally quiet part so extremely loud does not appeal to that.

Works not as well for "WARNING: Tobacco Use."

So now some of my fellow liberals are calling for a mutiny of the Generals. No, goddamnit. If anyone is going to do something to a President who disregards the War Powers Act, it has to be Congress. That Congress is a herd of sheep does not put this in the hands of the military.

"trump being stuck in 1987" is an underrated take. Most of his shit - beefs about the trade deficit, NATO spending, and foreign aid, for example - are from that era.

Look fellow libs, "international law" is the functional equivalent of Kavanaugh Stops. A flimsy pretext, and the guys with guns can do whatever they want. You want to appeal to something, how about Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution? Similarly toothless, but at least it is ours.

Hate to be so one-causal about things, but the difference between pardoning one cartel-ish head of state and waging a war to grab an accused one would seem to be oil.

Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York

One of those modernist horrors the fascists are always on about.

Waaaay back when, I applied to a legal aid org. The director told me flat out that they needed to hire a non-white attorney. I shrugged and thought, "OK, I will be overworked and underpaid somewhere else." I also thought that was not a great thing for him to say out loud. Because I was a lawyer.

I'd bet we are midway through at least the 9th consecutive decade of "man's alienation from ..." think pieces.

I was thinking about going back to the Church, but the possibility of the Chicago Diocese's acts of contrition frankly terrifies me.

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When I was very young, my grandma and great aunt took me to see Disney's Robin Hood. They spoiled me! Popcorn and even the picture book they had in the lobby. Plus the time with them. Aunt Mal would be gone a few years later, but we had another 40 or so with Grandma.

I arrived late to napping. Like hell I am giving it up.

Mark Kelly here, gonna keep spamming you until you give up on what you believe in and decide I do in fact belong in jail.

Land of Lincoln lives up to its tradition as a free state.

Rich guys who read science fiction was once seen as a prescription for great things. (Primarily by SF authors.) Now confirmed as inspiring failed attempts at dystopia.

You want to inspire healthy patriotism in young Americans? Let them witness the success of those who have striven to become Americans.

Five (this one courtesy of @seanpdailey.bsky.social)

Niche legal issue of the day: overrule the Insular Cases!

As has become traditional - household Thanksgiving the weekend before the big extended family festivities.

I don't want to brag, but I knew Matt Thornhill when he was merely an insufferable and obnoxious prosecutor.